Christine A. Gilsinan

Ms. Gilsinan is a solo practitioner in St. Louis (Webster Groves), Missouri, where she concentrates her practice in estate planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, real estate) and senior issues such as Medicare, Planning for Medicaid, Nursing Home issues, and Long Term Care Issues. In 2004, she received certification as a Certified Elder Law Attorney from the National Elder Law Foundation.

Christine has participated in seminars for other legal professionals through the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the National Business Institute. She has written extensively for the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar (CLE Deskbook Series), the St. Louis Bar Journal and Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

Ms. Gilsinan graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1975 and is a member of the Order of St. Ives and the American, Colorado, Missouri and St. Louis Bar Associations. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, in Sociology from Loyola University in 1969.

Bar Memberships

• Missouri Bar
• Colorado Bar
• Federal U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Missouri)
• Federal U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• University of Denver, J.D., 1975 (Order of St. Ives Legal Honorary Society)
• Loyola University, Chicago, B.A., 1969 (cum laude)

Committees, Associations and Memberships:

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• Board of Directors, Missouri Chapter, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee
• Missouri Bar Probate and Trust Law Committee
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Elder Law Committee.
• Advisor, TIAA-CREF

Legal Education Writings, Programs and Presentations:

In addition to speaking at seminars for the general public, Christine A. Gilsinan has been active in writings and presentations for other legal professionals:

• 2008 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 5, Planning for Minors, Elderly, and Disabled Persons and Planning for Medicaid and Government Benefits (with Julie Berkowitz), Missouri Estate Planning (2d ed., Trusts and Estates MoBar Deskbook Series)
• Chapter 13, Missouri Nonprobate Transfers Law (with Andrea Jackson), Missouri Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Custodianships, and Nonprobate Matters (2d ed. 2006, Trusts and Estates MoBar Deskbook Series)
• The St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. 51 No. 2 (Fall, 2004): "Individual Retirement Accounts for Seniors and Their Families"
• Medicaid--Planning and Applying Legal Strategies, Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar (February 16, 2005)
• Elder Law for the General Practitioner, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (June 30, 2003)
• How to Practice Law Professionally and Ethically, St. Louis University School of Law (February 18, 2000)